﻿[
    {
        "Id": "69022145-096a-45b5-a043-23bc1e5936ea",
        "CompanyId": "a8087435-42a4-43ed-b9e8-e71079aae22b",
        "Issue": "<p>Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Public Company Limited (KKS) has faced allegations of using child labour at its sugar plantations in Cambodia. </p>",
        "Principle": {
            "Id": 5,
            "Name": "Global Compact Principle 5",
            "Description": "Businesses should uphold the effective abolition of child labour.",
            "Pillar": {
                "Id": 2,
                "Name": "Labour Rights"
            }
        },
        "PrincipleAssessment": 2,
        "PrincipleAssessmentEffectiveSince": "2012-06-02",
        "AssessmentComments": [
            "The presence of child labour at its sugar plantations, has been documented by several think-tank NGOs . The company's activities, especially its utilisation of child labour for hard labour such as tying and carrying cane bundles weighing between 10 and 40 kilograms each, is in breach of ILO Convention No. 138 on the minimum age for admission to employment and work.",
            "The company's involvement in child labour is aggravated due to allegations that the company forced evictions of communities that populated the plantations and in turn coerced villagers to take their children to work in order to feed their families. Since the Khmer Rouge regime abolished property rights in Cambodia in the 1970s, land ownership is often informally held exposing the company to higher risk of human rights violations.",
            "In summary, the company's widespread use of child labour on its plantations in combinations with aggravating villagers economic situation through forced eviction is outstanding.",
            "Although the company claims that there are regulations in place that forbid any use of under-age workers in its fields, it does not publicly disclose its child labour policies, how it monitors whether regulations regarding child labour are respected on its plantations, how many fines have been issued, or how many contractors have been terminated due to violations of its child labour policies."
        ],
        "AssessmentSummaryAndConclusionIntroductionSentence": "Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Public Company Limited has been accused of using child labour at its sugar plantations in Cambodia."
    },
    {
        "Id": "86738d8b-956d-4535-888b-525b88240ffc",
        "CompanyId": "a8087435-42a4-43ed-b9e8-e71079aae22b",
        "Issue": "<p>Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Public Company (KKS) has been criticized for human rights violations after 200 families were evicted from lands in Cambodia.</p>",
        "Principle": {
            "Id": 1,
            "Name": "Global Compact Principle 1",
            "Description": "Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights.",
            "Pillar": {
                "Id": 1,
                "Name": "Human Rights"
            }
        },
        "PrincipleAssessment": 2,
        "PrincipleAssessmentEffectiveSince": "2012-06-02",
        "AssessmentComments": [
            "The company's involvement in land grabbing and forcibly relocation of villagers, are in violation of the rights of indigenous communities to be protected against forced displacement enshrined in Article 8 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, as well as the failure to provide the principle of free, prior, and informed consent enshrined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.",
            "There is a high likelihood that the company is using state security forces to secure its operations, and these forces have allegedly assaulted and shot residents that protested against the clearance of their land. In the absence of any commitment to the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, or other human rights management programme for its security providers, the company is exposed to complicity in the violation of the right to freedom from torture and degrading treatment, enshrined in Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.",
            "In summary, scale, length and frequency of the company's human rights abuses with regard to its acquisitions of sugar cane concessions in Cambodia are outstanding.",
            "Although the company reports on its community involvement initiatives on its website, it does not report on due diligence programmes prior to land acquisition. While there is some evidence that residents have received monetary compensation for their land, there is no evidence of a formal, transparent approach to land compensation."
        ],
        "AssessmentSummaryAndConclusionIntroductionSentence": "Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Public Company Limited is involved in ongoing human rights violations in the context of its sugar cane operations in Cambodia."
    }
]